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Discusses the role of the press agent in the early 20th century in maintaining public illusions about theater celebrities. The rise of cheap daily newspapers looking for sensational news and human interest stories increased the demand for publicity. This need for news gave rise to false stories designed to enhance the image of the star performer, who often was more than willing to present a certain personality to the public. Publicity for Sarah Bernhardt's 1906 tour was an example of the rising importance of the press agent in the early 20th century.

Future Foundation is a UK based company that I worked for as an intern this past summer. One of the projects I worked on was the planning and organization of a client conference. At the conference, Future Foundation speakers used Twitter as a way to facilitate discussion and recieve feedback from clients throughout their presentations. This website uses Twitter to keep clients and/or potential clients updated on the research that is being completed for the Future Foundation databases.

Lawrence Lessig deals with the read/write remix culture and the copyright laws that are attempting to strangle this new form of expression. The father of Creative Commons, Lessig exposes intellectual property law and its absurdity in today's internet culture. The website offers clips of Lessig's presentations about this topic. This will be helpful for my topic, which is essentially a form of read/write collaborative remixing. This will help me to define the laws governing this innovative culture.

"Free Online Poetry Community, Submit Your Poetry Free" - link is an example of nature in poetry, used for my google.docs presentation

homepage for Young-Hae Chang Heavy Industries

Will Wright (The Sims creator) interview

Will Wright (The Sims creator) interview